Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

brass mill

Italian translation:

Brass Mill Center

Added to glossary by Lucrezia Amedeo
Jun 4, 2010 17:31
13 yrs ago
English term

brass mill

English to Italian Marketing Other
Located in a renovated brass mill, XXX, The XXX Museum, traces the history of the company from its beginning as XXX in the 1850s.

Si tratta di un'azienda di orologi.

grazie
Change log

Jun 8, 2010 17:44: Lucrezia Amedeo changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/89382">alby's</a> old entry - " brass mill"" to ""Brass Mill Center""

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Brass Mill

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mulino per la lavorazione del rame

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassmill:
In the 17th Century there were at least two watermills for converting brass into wire by drawing it through dies and Gloucester's importance as a pin making centre no doubt provided the market, the raw brass probably coming from Bristol.



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Note added at 51 mins (2010-06-04 18:23:01 GMT)
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o forse: ottone
Peer comment(s):

agree saraceratto
31 mins
grazie Sara!
neutral filippoc : copper is rame, brass is ottone :-)
1 hr
sì Filippo, vedi la nota. L'ottone è cmq una lega di rame e zinco.
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fabbrica di ottone

"Mill" oltre a significare mulino é anche sinonimo di "factory".
Peer comment(s):

agree zerlina : certo, anche se una volta c'erano anche mulini. Poi è finito a fare da nome proprio a shopping centers.
20 mins
Grazie Zerlina :)
agree Shera Lyn Parpia : si dice anche steel mill, per esempio.
10 hrs
Grazie Shera :-)
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2 hrs

fabbrica/stabilimento per la lavorazione dell'ottone

peccato non si possa dire "ottonificio" :-)
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